VAMPIRES ARE ALWAYS TRENDY

Vampires are always trendy: A look through the years

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Not all vampires are created equal.

They don’t all turn into bats. Or sleep in coffins. Or call themselves Count.

Garlic. Silver. Crosses. Check your vampires at the door – that is, if you don’t plan to invite them in – before trying any of these.

In honor of the recently released “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, here’s something else to chew on – some highlights, and lowlights, about the ways vampires have been portrayed in pop culture over the years.

The beginnings and beyond

With Bela Lugosi in the starring role of “Dracula” in 1931, Hollywood created a blueprint for how to sell vampires for decades to come.

The 1954 Richard Matheson novel “I Am Legend” brought us a world overrun with flesh-eating creatures and would change the portrayal of vampires forever.

The cheese factor

“Billy the Kid vs. Dracula,” a 1966 movie, begins what you might call The Dark Prince’s Blue Period, when he’s featured in a variety of bizarro scenarios, one cheesier than the next. Consider:

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This article has some good points. Vampires have evolved and they’re a totally different creature than they were even 20 years ago. And some of them have been oozing cheesiness.

What do you think about how vampires have evolved? Who do you think is the most cheesy vampire ever?